Hooked suspender for electric-railway conductors



(No Model.)

'0. J. VAN DEPOELE; HOOKED SUSPENDER FOR ELEO TRIG RAILWAY GONDUGTORS.

N0. 396,311. Patented Jan. 15 1889 E] vwamtoz Charles JVanDepocZe I 6 Qlrtoznet I] U ITED STATES PATENT: OFFICE. I

, CHARLES .l. VAN DEPOELE, F LYNN, MASSACH US I'JTS.

'HOOKED SUSPENDER FOR E LECTRIC-RAILWAYCONDUCTORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0.391;,31 1, dated anuary 15, 1889.

Application filed November 7, 1888- Serial No. 290,176. (life model. i

To all iuhom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ('HABLES J. VAN DE- POELE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ly'nn, in the county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooked Suspenders for Electric-Railway Conductors, of which the following is a description.

. My invention relates to electric railways'of that class in which the current is supplied from an overhead conductor, and the subjectof the present ap'plicationis an improved device for suspending such conductors.

The invention is a continuation of and im-' provement upon the conductor suspending -device"showu in an application filed by me in.

the United States Patent Oflice on the 22d day otAugust, 1SRS,. Serial "So, 383,445; and its object is to provide a simple and eifective "device for the purpose above mentioned, and

which is peculiarly adapted. to support con- I applied.

duct-orswhen it is necessary to curve them' as, for instance, where they pass around the corners ofstr'eets.

The invention therefore consists in the de tails of construction and arrangement of parts whereby I amenahled to accomplish the object stated.

'In the accompanying. drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective'view of my invent-ion, showing the suspender as permanently secured to the ear which sustains the conductor. Fig. 2 isa side elevation of the suspender, showing it as made integral with the ear. Fig. 3 is aplan viewof Fig. 2".

Fig. 3. .Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the sus-' pende'r, showing .it as detachably secured to the ear. Fig. 1' is a front elevation, and Fig, 7 a plan view, of the device shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 shows a different form of conductorsuspending device-to which m v'invention is 'In the drawings, A is 'iheloverhead conductor, andB an ear havin'ga bail formed on-its centralportion and tapering toward its extremities. The earis formed with a groove, within which. the conductor is brazed, soldered, or otherwise secured.

1' 1g. 4 is a front elevation of v the drawings. To one end of the hook is attached thecross-wire a, secured to suitable supportstnot shown) along the line of way. This hook being in' the form of a half-arch, the end opposite that to which the, cross-wire (I, is attached extends downward, and is adapted. for attachment to the ear upon which.

the conductor is secured. This vertical portion of the hook is preferably made to lap over the upper part of'the ear. B, as showfu in Fig. 1, and is secured thereto, thusafford'ing a firm support for the conductor." It will be understood, however, that I do notw'limit n1 vself to the vertical-"portion overlapping the withoutoverlappi ng, though the co struction will not then beas strongnf g In Fig. 1--the vert-i'cal portion of the hooked Suspender is shown as riveted to the ear, thusatfording a permanent support therefor. In Figs. 2, 3, and 1, however, "the metallic suspender is'shown asfinade integral with the ear B. count of its being cheaper to manufacture and less liable to subseq'uent derangement.

Figs. 5, 6, andi show the sanie general form .lic hook C is then secured in any one of the ways before referred ioto the bar or rod, thus dispensing with a number of the metallic hooks and making a very smooth neat curve or portion of a curve.- v

The main feature of novelty in. my present invent-ion is embraced in a constrnctioncomprising a curved or hook-shaped suspending device adapted tobe attached to a cross-wire or similar support and to an ear or bail upon the conductor, or directly to the conductor from one side, so that a; grooved contact-wheel passing along in contact with the under side ear, as it may bemerely-;attached thereto This coustru'ction is desirable on ac} In this case a bar or rod,

of the conductor can pass under the curve of the Suspender, and the conductor can, when on a curve, be sustained from a number of transverse supporting-wires arranged on the outside of the curve.

1 claim as my invention- 1. A suspeiuling device fol-electric conductnrs, consisting of a metallic hook having a downwardly-exten(led part adapted for attaelnnen't to 'aconduetmf to be supported and a laterally-extortding supporting wire or cable connected to the hook, substantially as described. I

2. The combination, with a suitable conductor, of a suspending device therefor, comprising a metallic hook provided with a downwardly-extending part adapted to engage and be attached to the conductor tov be supported, and an arched portion extending laterally therefrom and downward into the plane of its support, and a laterally-extending supporting wire or cable connected to the hook, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a suitable constantially as described.

- 5. In combination with a suitable conduetor and a supporting ear or ears attached thereto, a suspending device therefor, consisting of a metallic hook having a dowmvanllr and laterally extending parteonn ected to said ear or cars, substantially as described.

'In testimony whereof I hereto afiix nr signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. VAN DEPUELE.

Witnesses:

J. W. GIBBONEY, GUST. HELLEBUUKE. 

